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Air France-KLM to order 50 long-haul Airbus A350s: group
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» PARIS - Air France-KLM announced Monday that it was going to place a "major order" for 50 long-haul Airbus A350s, as part of its effort to introduce more fuel-efficient planes.
Dutch judges to give long-awaited flight MH17 verdict
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» BADHOEVEDORP (NETHERLANDS) - A Dutch court gives its verdict Thursday in the trial of four men over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 above Ukraine in 2014, as tensions soar over Russia's invasion eight years later.
Boeing outmanoeuvres Airbus at first Farnborough since Covid
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» FARNBOROUGH: US planemaker Boeing triumphed this week as it scooped up more orders than its European rival Airbus at the first Farnborough Airshow since aviation was ravaged by Covid.
Heatwave-hit Farnborough airshow basks in bumper Boeing order
AFP, Published on 19/07/2022
» FARNBOROUGH: Britain's Farnborough airshow flew into view Monday under a sweltering heatwave, as US planemaker Boeing basked in the glow of the first gigantic order in global aviation's first get-together since Covid.
ExxonMobil, Apple, Boeing latest US giants to cut ties with Moscow
AFP, Published on 02/03/2022
» NEW YORK: Apple, ExxonMobil and Boeing announced Tuesday in rapid succession steps to withdraw or freeze business in Russia as more US corporate giants take action after the Ukraine invasion.
5G launches in US without huge impact on flights
AFP, Published on 20/01/2022
» NEW YORK: Telecom giants AT&T and Verizon began 5G service in the United States Wednesday without major disruptions to flights after the launch of the new wireless technology was scaled back.
France jabs kids, Chinese city locks down as Omicron surges
AFP, Published on 22/12/2021
» PARIS: France started vaccinating children over five and China plunged a city into a strict lockdown on Wednesday as governments scramble to contain fresh virus surges driven by the Omicron variant.
Jail sentences demanded for Russians suspected of downing Malaysian plane
AFP, Published on 20/12/2021
» THE HAGUE: Dutch prosecutors will this week set out their sentencing demands for four men on trial in absentia over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in war-torn Ukraine in 2014.
Airlines gear up for travel surge as US reopens
AFP, Published on 07/11/2021
» NEW YORK: Airline reservations to the United States took off immediately after the White House announced the country would reopen to all vaccinated international voyagers starting next week, compelling a welcome -- if challenging -- industry pivot.
Trial in MH17 crash to start hearing evidence
AFP, Published on 07/06/2021
» BADHOEVEDORP, Netherlands: Dutch judges will on Monday start hearing evidence against three Russian suspects and a Ukrainian in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine in 2014.